diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
index 35094f2..7af7db1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@
 		sizeof(struct dock_station *));
 
 	/* we want the dock device to send uevents */
-	dock_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&dock_device->dev, 0);
 
 	if (is_dock(handle))
 		dock_station->flags |= DOCK_IS_DOCK;
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index a90f56f..95c67ff 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
 
 	if (ktype == &device_ktype) {
 		struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
-		if (dev->uevent_suppress)
-			return 0;
 		if (dev->bus)
 			return 1;
 		if (dev->class)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 44699d9..d3a59c68 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 	f_dev->parent = device;
 	f_dev->class = &firmware_class;
 	dev_set_drvdata(f_dev, fw_priv);
-	f_dev->uevent_suppress = 1;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, 1);
 	retval = device_register(f_dev);
 	if (retval) {
 		dev_err(device, "%s: device_register failed\n", __func__);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (uevent)
-		f_dev->uevent_suppress = 0;
+		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, 0);
 	*dev_p = f_dev;
 	goto out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index e7d9848..fbb9030 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@
 
 	if (client->driver && !is_newstyle_driver(client->driver)) {
 		client->dev.release = i2c_client_release;
-		client->dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
+		dev_set_uevent_suppress(&client->dev, 1);
 	} else
 		client->dev.release = i2c_client_dev_release;
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c
index 0a2f2ed..93eca17 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
 		kfree(private);
 	} else {
 		sch->private = private;
-		if (sch->dev.uevent_suppress) {
-			sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+		if (dev_get_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev)) {
+			dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
 			kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
index 8019288..427d11d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 	 * the subchannel driver can decide itself when it wants to inform
 	 * userspace of its existence.
 	 */
-	sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 1);
 	css_update_ssd_info(sch);
 	/* make it known to the system */
 	ret = css_sch_device_register(sch);
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 		 * a fitting driver module may be loaded based on the
 		 * modalias.
 		 */
-		sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+		dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
 		kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 23d5752..611d2e0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
 	 * Now we know this subchannel will stay, we can throw
 	 * our delayed uevent.
 	 */
-	sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
 	kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	/* make it known to the system */
 	ret = ccw_device_register(cdev);
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@
 		 * the ccw_device and exit. This happens for all early
 		 * devices, e.g. the console.
 		 */
-		sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+		dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
 		kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 		cdev->dev.groups = ccwdev_attr_groups;
 		device_initialize(&cdev->dev);
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 6d72024..38e337d 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 	pdev->devt = devt;
 
 	/* delay uevent until 'holders' subdir is created */
-	pdev->uevent_suppress = 1;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(pdev, 1);
 	err = device_add(pdev);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_put;
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 	if (!p->holder_dir)
 		goto out_del;
 
-	pdev->uevent_suppress = 0;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(pdev, 0);
 	if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK) {
 		err = device_create_file(pdev, &dev_attr_whole_disk);
 		if (err)
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[partno], p);
 
 	/* suppress uevent if the disk supresses it */
-	if (!ddev->uevent_suppress)
+	if (!dev_get_uevent_suppress(pdev))
 		kobject_uevent(&pdev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
 	return p;
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 	dev_set_name(ddev, disk->disk_name);
 
 	/* delay uevents, until we scanned partition table */
-	ddev->uevent_suppress = 1;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(ddev, 1);
 
 	if (device_add(ddev))
 		return;
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 
 exit:
 	/* announce disk after possible partitions are created */
-	ddev->uevent_suppress = 0;
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(ddev, 0);
 	kobject_uevent(&ddev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
 	/* announce possible partitions */
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 4bea53f..914c101 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@
 	struct device_private	*p;
 
 	struct kobject kobj;
-	unsigned		uevent_suppress:1;
 	const char		*init_name; /* initial name of the device */
 	struct device_type	*type;
 
@@ -465,6 +464,16 @@
 	dev->driver_data = data;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int dev_get_uevent_suppress(const struct device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->kobj.uevent_suppress;
+}
+
+static inline void dev_set_uevent_suppress(struct device *dev, int val)
+{
+	dev->kobj.uevent_suppress = val;
+}
+
 static inline int device_is_registered(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return dev->kobj.state_in_sysfs;
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index c9c214d..58ae8e00 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 	unsigned int state_in_sysfs:1;
 	unsigned int state_add_uevent_sent:1;
 	unsigned int state_remove_uevent_sent:1;
+	unsigned int uevent_suppress:1;
 };
 
 extern int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name, ...)
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 318328dd..b2181cc 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@
 	kset = top_kobj->kset;
 	uevent_ops = kset->uevent_ops;
 
+	/* skip the event, if uevent_suppress is set*/
+	if (kobj->uevent_suppress) {
+		pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s: uevent_suppress "
+				 "caused the event to drop!\n",
+				 kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	/* skip the event, if the filter returns zero. */
 	if (uevent_ops && uevent_ops->filter)
 		if (!uevent_ops->filter(kset, kobj)) {